RARE Antique Georgian Seed Pearl 4.5" x 3" Brooch, Hair Pin, Original Box - Museum! gold one on the interior liner

one on the interior liner of the bottom

beautifully created in wool and silk yarns of fine gauge

this unique form rests on a fully intact original plinth of alabaster

and quite rare to have Venice scene (usually these are Paris views)

The Sormani name has a long and lauded history as as one of the finest of the fine where French ebanistes or cabinet & box makers are concerned

RARE Antique Georgian Seed Pearl 4.5" x 3" Brooch, Hair Pin, Original Box - Museum! gold one on the interior linerMuseum rare! Extra large and unusual Georgian seed pearl set in original case, an extra large bouquet brooch or lapel pin, a full 4 1 2" long and 3" wide as you see it. It has 2 layers of hand crafted pearls, one overlays the other for a 3 4" depth when worn stunning old thing! When I bought it decades ago in Paris, I thought it must have a broken long handle, missing, but to my thrill and surprise, when I got it home and investigated, that long part